Shiva Purana

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ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ एत उत्पन्नमात्रा हि मारयेत्यवदन् वचः ॥ मुहुर्मुहुरतोमीषां नाम मारेति जायताम् ॥ ४२ ॥

sanskrit

Even as they were born they shouted “Māraya” “Kill”, very frequently. Hence let their names be “Māras.”

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ eta utpannamAtrA hi mArayetyavadan vacaH ॥ muhurmuhuratomISAM nAma mAreti jAyatAm ॥ 42 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/29/42

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ एत उत्पन्नमात्रा हि मारयेत्यवदन् वचः ॥ मुहुर्मुहुरतोमीषां नाम मारेति जायताम् ॥ ४२ ॥

sanskrit

Even as they were born they shouted “Māraya” “Kill”, very frequently. Hence let their names be “Māras.”

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ eta utpannamAtrA hi mArayetyavadan vacaH ॥ muhurmuhuratomISAM nAma mAreti jAyatAm ॥ 42 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript